Tennessee Health Information Management Association (THIMA)

THIMA is a component state association of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

AHIMA is a global nonprofit association of health information (HI) professionals with more than 71,000 members and more than 100,000 credentials in the field. The AHIMA mission of empowering people to impact health drives Their members and credentialed HI professionals to ensure that health information is accurate, complete, and available to patients and providers. Their leaders work at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and business and are found in data integrity and information privacy job functions worldwide. Mission:
Advancing the health information management (HIM) profession through development, education, member representation, and life long learning to ensure quality health information.

Vision:
Create, develop, improve and support quality information through embracing new technologies and utilization of resources.

Values:
Respect: Privacy and confidentiality of health information
Excellence: Quality management of health information
Leadership: Governance of health information integrity
Innovation: Collaboration for quality health care delivery